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Open Up The Heavens
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jun 25, 2017 at 12:00 am Pentecost means fiftieth. Pentecost is celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter. It's timing is based on the Jewish celebration of the Feast of ...
Courage in Dark Days
Integrated Catholic Life - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:04 pm Be of Good Courage in these Dark Days Being situationally aware is good advice for everyone, anywhere and anytime. When this advice is given, it usually is a reminder to be aware...
God Revealed as Father
Integrated Catholic Life - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:03 pm Reflection on the Mass readings for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) — Jeremiah 20:10-13; Psalms 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35; Romans 5:12-15; Matthew 10:26-33. The recent...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori
Integrated Catholic Life - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:02 pm “The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they...
Encountering the Word — Psalm 23:4
Integrated Catholic Life - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:01 pm “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.” (Psalm 23:4) Please share on social...
Why do priests (and deacons) wear a stole?
Aleteia - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:00 pm The small piece of fabric is one of the most important vestments worn by ordained clergy.One of the most significant vestments a member of the ordained clergy wears is a simple...
Is teaching kids religion brainwashing them?
Aleteia - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:00 pm A recent survey found a majority of parents answered "yes" to this question, but one father explains what they're missing.“I want them to be able to make up their own minds about...
Vacation idea: Let’s all go to adult summer camp!
Aleteia - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:00 pm These recreational adult getaways prove you’re never too old for camp.Summer camps aren’t just for kids anymore. More than 1 million adults in the United States have recently...
Pope Francis visits with refugee children
Aleteia - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: June 25, 2017Pope Francis has had lunch with a group of Syrian refugees who were brought to Italy from the Greek island of Lesbos thanks to the pope’s...
Ships in art: Symbols of the Church and our pilgrimage to heaven
Aleteia - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:00 pm The symbol of a ship is one that has consistently stayed with the Church throughout the centuries.Saint Thérèse of Lisieux once wrote in her autobiography, “[T]he symbol of a ship...
A layman’s advice to the anxious, young, and priestly
Aleteia - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:00 pm A few words for our newly ordained, and for the rest of us in the hard work we're given to do.“I am scared and feel deeply inadequate for the task,” wrote my former student, a...
Was the darkness at the crucifixion a solar eclipse?
Aleteia - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:00 pm In August millions in the US may experience a darkness similar to what was seen 2,000 years ago.According to ABC News, “this August, the U.S. will experience its first coast-to-...
My friends are getting married, and I’m giving them a goat
Aleteia - Jun 24, 2017 at 11:00 pm As a wedding guest, what sort of meaningful gift can you get for people who already have so much?Where I live in New York, it is almost unthinkable for a wedding guest to give the...
Turkey Removes Evolution From High School Curriculum
The Religion Clause - Jun 24, 2017 at 10:09 pm The New York Times reported yesterday that in Turkey the Education Ministry has decided to eliminate the teaching of evolution to ninth graders, removing the chapter on the topic...
2017 Novena to St. Maria Goretti Begins June 27th
Big C Catholics - Jun 24, 2017 at 7:00 pm Saint Maria Goretti is the Church's youngest canonized saint. She was born near Ancona, Italy into a poor peasant family. Known for her cheerfulness and piety, Maria attended Mass...
Odds and Ends: Fatigue and Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Jun 24, 2017 at 5:40 pm Wow, I was not expecting the feedback I received from the last blog post. Holy smokes (minus "Habemus Papam"), y'all! Not only did I get way more comments than I'm used to on the...
This beautiful church was a gift from Slovakia to Icelandic Catholics
Catholic News Agency - General - Jun 24, 2017 at 5:02 pm Reykjavik, Iceland, Jun 24, 2017 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Bishop David Tencer of Reykjavik last week consecrated a new wooden church building, a gift from the Slovak Catholic...
Snacking and Intermittent Fasting
Jimmy Akin.org - Jun 24, 2017 at 4:59 pm
“Do you eat snacks?”
“How do you deal with hunger?”
“Don’t you ever have a psychological need to eat?”
These are among the questions I get when people about the Intermittent...
His Hermeneuticalness on St John Fisher
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jun 24, 2017 at 3:25 pm With delight I report that my good friend, His Hermeueticalness, Fr. Tim Finigan has taken up his electronic pen more regularly than before his heart problems knocked him down…...
The Apostle's Creed: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, June 25, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Jun 24, 2017 at 2:25 pm I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy ...
